This Netflix documentary series takes an in-depth look at nine different wrongful convictions. The common theme in all of these wrongful convictions is Prosecutorial misconduct and eyewitness misidentifications. If you are a juror and someone you deem as credible gets on the stand and points at a … [Read more...] about Review of The Innocent Files
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Review of How to Fix a Drug Scandal
Rating ***** This four-part Netflix docuseries tells the story of two crime lab technicians who, for different reasons, indirectly caused the dismissal of some 35,000 drug-related criminal cases in Massachusets. Some of the other topics covered include prosecutorial misconduct, sentencing … [Read more...] about Review of How to Fix a Drug Scandal
Crazy in Texas Part II
There's nothing like a crisis to highlight the ill-prepared and the incompetent. Texas has always been a state that puts business interests over its citizens. I wrote about this in my post Crazy in Texas. Now we have our top leaders stumbling over each other in a race to the bottom. I'll start … [Read more...] about Crazy in Texas Part II
Review of Tiger King
Review of Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and MadnessRating ***** Joe Exotic wanted to be famous. The self-absorbed owner of the private zoo Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park had grandiose dreams. One day the whole world would know his name. He ran for president. After getting nowhere in that … [Read more...] about Review of Tiger King
Review of the Netflix Docuseries The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
Rating ***** An eight-year-old boy dies from suspicious circumstances. Who is responsible? The mother and her boyfriend? Social workers, who failed to do the proper follow-ups? Police officers, who did a cursory investigation when alerted to possible child abuse? Those are some of the questions … [Read more...] about Review of the Netflix Docuseries The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
Review of Ameican Prison
Review of American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer Rating **** This book is full of stories of injustice, but there was one story that stood out for me. It came at the very end of the book. It involved an inmate who had been shot by police. … [Read more...] about Review of Ameican Prison